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The Roll lists his address as Chapel Yard, Stanground. (It also recorded the death of his brother Charles William Rippon). It states he was of the Labour Corps, attached to the Royal Fusiliers, regimental number 60025.
(CWGC records that Lance Corporal J G A Rippon died on 14/5/1918, serving in the 34th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, regimental number 33715, transferred to the 101st Company Labour Corps, regimental number 60025, and is buried in grave P.VII.O.6B at St Sever Cemetery Extension at Rouen in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that John George Alfred Rippon, native of Peterborough, died serving as a Lance Corporal in the Labour Corps, having formerly served in the Royal Fusiliers. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that John George Alfred Rippon of the 101st Labour Corps died in the field on 14/5/1918, and that his widow Myra L Rippon was his legatee. John's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1883. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents John & Fanny E Rippon at 1 Eyres Yard, Peterborough. On the 1901 census he was living with them at 1 Broadway, Farcet. His marriage to Myra Lilian Cleaver was registered in the Peterborough District in 1908. On the 1911 census "John and Lilian" Rippon were living at 36 Church Street, Stanground with their daughter. The Army service file of John George Alfred Rippon records that he was living at 2 Belle Vue, Stanground when he enlisted on 5/6/1916 as a Private in the Royal Fusiliers. His next of kin was his wife Myra Lilian Rippon nee Cleaver, who he stated he had married on 9/11/1908 in Peterborough. He was appointed as Lance Corporal on 14/10/1916, landed in France on 21/10/1916, and was posted to the 34th Labour Corps of the Royal Fusiliers on 29/10/1916; it was redesignated as the 101st Labour Corps on 14/5/1917. The file is noted that he was serving in the Labour Corps when he was wounded by a gas shell on 13/5/1918, and died of his wounds. His widow was granted a pension; her address was recorded as Chapel Yard, Stanground).